Ground to dictate Dark route to Cheltenham

Won In The Dark could go for the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle without another run if the ground at Leopardstown is unsuitable.

Trainer Sabrina Harty has pencilled in the Toshiba Champion Hurdle on January 25 for the five-year-old after he went down by only half-a-length to 2007 Champion Hurdle hero Sublimity in the December Festival Hurdle at the Dublin track on Monday.